Giani Esposito
Giani Esposito was a French film actor and singer-songwriter.
Esposito was born from the union of a French mother with an Italian father in Etterbeek, and he died from viral hepatitis in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. He appeared in 50 films between 1951 and 1973.
As singer-songwriter, between 1958 and 1973, he recorded numerous albums marked with spirituality and poetry. His biggest success is The Clowns, several covers by Raymond Devos, Jeanne-Marie Sens, Hervé Vilard and Bernard Lavilliers.
He was married with the French actress Pascale Petit and they had a girl, Doushka Esposito, today singer, and younger, under the name of Douchka, she was ambassadress of Walt Disney's productions on the French television.Partial filmography
- Maître après Dieu - Un passager juif
- My Wife Is Formidable - Le barman de l'hôtel
- Leathernose - Un jeune invité
- Agence matrimoniale -
- My Husband Is Marvelous - Un journaliste
- A Hundred Francs a Second - Un cheminot en grève
- La môme vert-de-gris - Le capitaine du bateau
- Quai des blondes - Un tueur
- The Women Couldn't Care Less - Man at the Poker Game
- Cadet Rousselle - Monseigneur
- Huis clos - Diego - le disciple de Garcin
- French Cancan - Prince Alexandre
- Black Dossier - Jean de Montesson
- Les mauvaises rencontres - Pierre Jaeger
- Les Hussards - Pietro
- Cela s'appelle l'aurore - Sandro Galli
- Pardonnez nos offenses - Vani
- Reproduction interdite - Claude Watroff
- Les Misérables - Marius Pontmercy
- Le bel âge - Claude
- Normandie - Niémen - Lemaître
- ' - Jérôme
- Paris Belongs to Us - Gerard Lenz
- Cross of the Living - Yan
- ' - Ettore
- - Ettore
- The Sea Pirate - Napoléon
- Il grande colpo di Surcouf - Napoléon
- The Decameron
Discography
- Les Clowns
- Jardiniers qui doutez de l'arbre de vie
- Un noble rossignol à l'époque Ming
- Les ombres sont chinoises
- Paris, le désert
